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Quotation from The Rights of War and Peace (Book I) by Hugo Grotius
“But the law of nations is a more extensive right, deriving its authority from the consent of all, or at least of many nations.”
The Rights of War and Peace (Book I), Book I, ch. I, §XIV, trans. A. C. Campbell (1814)
The definition of the law of nations as human voluntary law, distinct from both civil law and natural law.
Citation: "But the law of nations is a more extensive right, deriving its authority from the consent of all, or at least of many nations." — Hugo Grotius, The Rights of War and Peace (Book I), Book I, ch. I, §XIV, trans. A. C. Campbell (1814). (id grotius-rights-of-war-and-peace-q5)
Portrait: Portret van Hugo de Groot (1583-1645) Rijksmuseum SK-A-581, Workshop of Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Public domain.
